نماز دیگر

Persian

Etymology

Compound of (namāz, “prayer”) +‎ (dīgar, “other; more”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /na.maː.zi diː.ˈɡaɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑː.zɪ d̪iː.ɡäɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑː.zɪ d̪iː.ɡäɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.mɔː.zi d̪i.ɡäɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.mɒː.ze d̪iː.ɡʲæɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɔ.zi d̪i.ɡäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	namāz-i dīgar
Dari reading^?	namāz-i dīgar
Iranian reading^?	namâz-e digar
Tajik reading^?	namoz-i digar

Noun

نماز دیگر • (namâz-e digar)

asr prayer (the Islamic afternoon prayer)
Synonym: نماز عصر (namâz-e asr)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 411:
  تا نماز دیگر آن کودک گریست
  شیخ دیده بست و در وی ننگریست
  tā namāz-i dīgar ān kōdak girīst
  šayx dīda bast u dar way nanigarīst
  Till afternoon prayers the boy wept;
  the Shaykh closed his eyes and did not look at him.

Coordinate terms

نماز بامداد (namâz-e bâmdâd, “fajr prayer”)
نماز پیشین (namâz-e pišin, “dhuhr prayer”)
نماز شام (namâz-e šâm, “maghrib prayer”)
نماز خفتن (namâz-e xoftan, “isha prayer”)

Descendants

→ Uyghur: دىگەر (diger)
→ Uzbek: digar, namozgar
→ Chinese: 底蓋爾 / 底盖尔 (dǐgài'ěr)
→ Pashto: نمازديګر (nəmâzdigar)
→ Punjabi: namāz-e ḍīgar
Gurmukhi script: ਨਮਾਜ਼-ਏ-ਡੀਗਰ

Shahmukhi script: نَمازِ ڈِیگَر

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نماز دیگر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim